ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, April 24, 1997 TAG: 9704240071
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: METRO
TYPE: NEWS OBIT
SOURCE: BETTY HAYDEN SNIDER THE ROANOKE TIMES
His family and friends said Richard "Dick" Quick was always interested in giving something to others.
Richard "Dick" Quick, who developed Towers Shopping Center and many Roanoke Valley subdivisions and apartment complexes, died Wednesday after a long illness. He was 75.
Quick, the son a dairy farmer, moved to Roanoke in the 1940s after attending Virginia Polytechnic Institute and flying planes for the Navy in World War II.
He opened his real estate business, Quick Realtors, and was later president of the Roanoke Valley's Homebuilders Association and Board of Realtors. He was in the real estate business until the late 1970s.
He developed the country club that is now Countryside Golf and Tennis, along with Spring Valley, Mill Mountain Estates and other subdivisions.
"He really was concerned about people," his daughter Mary Mann said. "He always wanted to give something - whether it be a beautiful development or an apartment complex - give them somewhere terrific to live."
Quick was also a trendsetter in the real estate business, remembered Rudy Cox, who worked for Quick for about five years.
"He was a young man of vision," said Cox, who has been in the real estate business 43 years. The grey station wagons every agent drove and the company's red and white logo established an identity for the company in the valley.
Aside from business, Quick enjoyed teaching inner-city youths Sunday School at Calvary Baptist Church.
Quick is also survived by two sons, Richard Stuart Quick and David Quick, both of Roanoke; and a second daughter, Shar Austin of Phoenix.
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